faced and their business environment. The business environment includes physical infrastructure, the availability of an …

Despite remarkable growth during the last decade, Asia and the Pacific still faces extensive basic infrastructure needs … region needs to enhance its connectivity through developing transport infrastructure at the national and regional level to … infrastructure will have profound implications on environment and climate change at the national, regional and global levels as well …

Investment in network infrastructure can boost long-term economic growth in OECD countries. Moreover, infrastructure … between infrastructure and economic growth. Time-series results reveal a positive impact of infrastructure investment on … infrastructure investment in telecommunications and the electricity sectors has a robust positive effect on long-term growth (but not …

This paper analyzes the impact of fiscal competition through infrastructure in a New Economic Geography framework. It … efficiency arises since the efficient distribution of regional infrastructure requires full agglomeration for sufficiently low …

transaction costs along with trade infrastructure facilities have significant influence on regional trade flows in Northeast Asia …

This paper traces the 11,000 year evolution of infrastructure systems during major periods of innovation, expansion and … positive feedback between early capital market development and investment in infrastructure innovations that lowered system …-wide transaction costs has been a critical factor in sustaining growth since 1800. The paper sets out a model of infrastructure …

facilitated by improving connectivity through increased investment in connecting infrastructure such as transport and … considers how infrastructure investment in large and connecting projects could help to rebalance and sustain growth in the …

. When only skilled workers are mobile, there is a sub-optimal shift from taxes to fees and the number of students is too low …